Quantum Technologies Summer School 2025: Cutting-Edge Research Meets Practice and Industry at UAS Technikum Wien

03 November, 2025
This year’s Quantum Technologies Summer School program offered an intensive exchange on current quantum research. The focus was on in-depth technical content, hands-on exercises, and international perspectives.
In mid-August, UAS Technikum Wien was all about the world of quantum technology: Together with QUTE.sk – Slovak National Center for Quantum Technologies and the Institute of Physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Austria’s largest purely technical university of applied sciences hosted the QUTE2025 – Quantum Technologies Summer School 2025. About 50 students and young researchers from Austria and abroad came to Vienna to spend four days delving deeply into the world of quantum computing, quantum communication, and quantum hardware.
Practical workshops and international experts
The program offered a balanced combination of technical presentations in the morning and hands-on workshops in the afternoon. Participants gained insights into current research topics such as:
- Quantum algorithms on desktop quantum computers
- Quantum cryptography using the BB84 protocol
- Quantum programming with Qiskit
- Ion trapping and laser-based realization of photonic qubits
- Teaching methods in quantum physics
The workshops allowed participants to experience phenomena such as superposition and entanglement firsthand and to implement algorithms such as Deutsch’s and Grover’s algorithms themselves. The course was taught in English, and no prior knowledge of quantum physics was required—the focus was on the joy of learning, international networking, and experimental work.
Science Meets Industry
In addition to scientific presentations, the Summer School also featured exciting Industry Sessions with companies such as Microsoft, Aricoma, ErsteBank, QTLabs, and AIT, to name just a few. In his keynote address “Bridging the Gap: From Low-Level Quantum Software to Industrial Applications”, Stefan Hillmich (SCC Hagenberg) demonstrated how a systematic approach and appropriate software stacks bridge the gap between basic research and industrial applications.
Presentations by experts such as Andreas Schell (JKU Linz) and Konrad Szymański (Slovak Academy of Sciences) on quantum information geometry, Sebastian Knauer (University of Vienna) on nanomagnetism, and Natália Móller (Slovak Academy of Sciences) on quantum information and gravity further illustrated the breadth of current research.
Enthusiasm and International Networking
The response was overwhelmingly positive: Participants were enthusiastic about the combination of academic depth, hands-on workshops, and open discussion formats.
A strong organizational network
Behind the successful event was a dedicated organizing team led by Hermann Detz, Matthias Blatnik, and Pamina Pawelka (UAS Technikum Wien). The 2025 Summer School once again served as an international gathering place for early-career researchers in quantum research.
Outlook
Following the great success of this year’s Summer School, one thing is already clear: UAS Technikum Wien will continue to play a central role in education and professional development in the field of Quantum Technologies—whether through another Summer School (which is already in the planning stages), conferences, or other educational formats. Incidentally, next year’s Summer School will take place in Bratislava, as it did in 2024.
Further Information:
Master’s program in Quantum Engineering
Quantum Technology: Summer School with 100 Participants and a Strong Network (August 2023)
First Summer School on Quantum Technologies Kicks Off (August 2022)
Vienna Innovation Conference: The Impact of AI and Quantum Technology on Everyday Life
The Potential of Quantum Computers: What Skills Do Engineers Need?
Hands-On Seminar at the Technikum Wien Academy: “Quantum Technology – Get Quantum Ready”























